Traducción de «División de la Educación para la Calidad de la Vida » (Español → Inglés) :

6. Stresses that education is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaty on European Union, and that education and training policy should enable all members of society to benefit from high-quality education; points out that inequality still persists in European education systems and that inherited social standing is the major contributing factor; emphasises that ensuring equal access to high-quality education for all members of society is the key to breaking the cycle of social exclusion; recalls, in this connection, that investment is needed to enable all people to take part ...[+++] in stimulating learning experiences at any stage of their lives, and to encourage lifelong learning in order to enhance social inclusion, active citizenship and self-sustainability; recalls, in this context, the need for vocational training and basic skills development, which should take into consideration the differences between Member States’ labour markets and education systems, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach; points to the necessity of a policy design framework which takes into consideration the potential innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities associated with the region’s existing characteristics, and its realistic potential for diversification, so as to design appropriate strategic intervention on the basis of these features and the intended outcomes, and thus to prevent the risk of an outflow of skilled workers towards more developed regions;

26. Notes that improving access to health services and increasing efforts to provide equal access to quality child-care facilities for the reconciliation of family and working life and to quality early childhood education, childhood development services and parents’ partnership-based education, in particular in rural areas, would have a positive impact on the integration of the Roma and the professional inclusion of Roma women; stresses, in this connection, the responsibility of the Member States to invest in increased staffing and the quality of their child-care facilities in order to achieve the Barcelona targets for childcare facilit ...[+++]ies;

Provide quality statistics on key areas of social policy where the citizen is the centre of interest, such as social cohesion, poverty, demographic challenges (elderly people and migration in particular), the labour market, education and training, including learning mobility of young people, culture, physical activity, quality of life, safety, health, disability, consumption, free movement and the single market, mobility of young people, technological innovation and new lifestyle choices.

a link to inclusive labour markets: active inclusion policies should aim at fostering stable and secure highly skilled jobs, improving the attractiveness of jobs, creating quality jobs and promoting quality in employment, providing a high level of health and safety at work, increasing productivity and active support for the most disadvantaged, providing specific support measures and services to increase employability and helping to keep people in the job market, developing entrepreneurial activity and providing job search assistance, high-quality education, vocational training, further training and lifelong learning, personalised counsel ...[+++]ling, special assistance and subsidised employment where absolutely necessary for vulnerable groups such as workers with disabilities;

48. Stresses the importance of increasing the overall level of education and qualifications of the population; recalls that quality public education is fundamental to development, and considers that education and training systems must be reinforced at various stages in life, with further investment and access to higher education facilitated to all;

education investments, including in vocational training, which contribute to increasing attractiveness and quality of life.